Freak Play Gives Georgia Tech Rose Bowl Win
Georgia Tech defeated California in the Rose Bowl after a famed miscue by May Riegels who ran the wrong way toward his own goal. Tech capitalized on the error with a safety and later a touchdown, then sealed the game with a late fifth period rally as Som and Irvine Phillips connected on key passes. California answered with a 80-yard drive but could not overcome the deficit.
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Georgia Tech
Golden Bears
Teth
May Riegels
Dixie Tornado
Riezer
Tech
Thomason
Riegels
California
Benny Lom
Lomi
Lom
Som
Vance Maree
Stanley Barr
Bears
Pie
Tornado
Georgia
Irvine Phillips
Hart
TRY FOR ENDURANCE RECORD IN BOXING MEET LINEUP
A rugged program links Tary Schwartz 112 pound champion with Frankie Genaro titleholder and two foreign champs. In Akron Emmett Rocco outpointed Big Bill Hartwell. Sam Harris beat Chet Smallwood in Terre Haute. Miller defeated Payne in Cincinnati. Herman Brown won on a foul in Indianapolis. King Tut beat Russie Leroy in Fargo. Frankie Palm stopped K C Leonard in Cincinnati. Firpo and Jack Dillon drew in Newcastle. Young Stribling outpointed Jack League in Kansas City. Jack Malone outpointed Jack Gibbs in Reno.
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Een
Tary Schwartz
New York State
Frankie Genaro
National Boxing Association
Johnny Ilot
England
Sndermai
Ner
We Saees
Akron
Emmett Rocco
Blewood City
Big Bill Hartwell
Kansas City
Sammy Harris
Chet Smallwood
Terre Haute
Ind
Many Classy Fighters to Be Featured in 1929 Fistic Year
Veteran writer Edward J. Nell previews the 1929 boxing season with Tex Rickard guiding a star-filled yet unsettled lineup. Key figures like Dempsey, Tunney, Sharkey, Stribling, and Braddock loom as contenders while a crowded field of challengers and prospects jostle for title shots in heavy, welter, and lighter divisions amid likely upsets and monster gates.
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New York
Iere
Fistic United
Tex Rickard
New Champions
New Records
Gene Tunney
Jack Demp
Billy Stribling
Jack Sharkey
Miami Beach
Fla
Tex
Jack Dempsey
Demp
Paulino Uzeu
Dim
Johnny Isko
Tom Heeney
Cleveland Baker Boy
Jimmy Maroney
Ernie Schalt
Heeney
Tunney Lant
Tommy Loughran
K. C. Christner
Knute Hansen
Sharkey
Schauf
Don O'Kelley
Joe Sekyra
Mix Sehmelling
Loughraw
Jimmy Slattery
Leo Lowski
Mickey Walker
Aid
Leweight
Elas
James J. Braddock
Ally Griffiths
Walker
Ace Hudkins
Ie de Vor
George Courtney
Dave Shade
Joe Dunder
Andre Routis
King of the Teatherists
Halian
Hudkin
Jack Thompson
Jack Fields
Routis
Paviars
Tony Canzoneri
Benny Tass
Philadelphia
Honey Toy Pinnegan
Moston
Sammy Mandell
Ray Miller
Chio
y-Mace
Jimmy McLar
Panama al Brown
Daekye Masten
TRS
Tex Rickard Hospitalized After Surgery Debacle
Text shows Tex Rickard in hospital after an appendectomy and operation tied to a greyhound track project at Beach premiere. Promoters planned a 90 day stay, with attending physicians overseeing recovery, while plans for a February 27 Stribli bout and new racing plant construction faced delays and funding concerns.
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Madison Square
Ite” Beach
Sports Impresearia
WVU to open indoor track with Ohio State visit
West Virginia University begins indoor track under Mountaineer Field House with Ohio State on February 23, marking the first sponsored indoor track team in school history. Director H A Stansbury hinted at another dual meet and a potential Big Four championship with Pitt, Carnegie Tech, and Washington and Jefferson College.
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Ohio State
University
Orrest
Art Smith
West Virginia University
Mountaineer
Mountain State Station
West Virginia
H. A. Stansbury
University of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Washington
Jefferson College
Freshman basketball opens practice at Morgantown
Morgantown West Virginia University will hold the firstplebe practice session for freshmen on the field house court under Director H A Stansbury. More than 50 prospects expected with home dates planned as preliminaries to varsity games including Plebe-Franz Burka as opener and matchups against Grove City Glenville Normal Morris Harvey Washington and Jefferson Pitt and Washington and Jefferson clashes noted. Notable freshmen mentioned include Johnny Doyle Slim Cubbons Clinton Roselle and George Haddock.
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West Virginia University
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H. A. Stansbury
L. M. Stoops
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Morris Harvey College
Little Mountaineers
Washington, Pa
Washington and Jefferson
Pitt
Little Panthers
Howell Leads Big Six Stars to 14 1 Victory
Blas Howell Nebraska fullback and 1928 Big Six scoring leader, earned all-American honors, coasted to a brilliant 14 to 1 charity game win for a Big Six selection over the Southwest. He scored both touchdowns and looked fresh after travel for the New Year’s Day showdown.
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Blas Howell
Nebraska
Southwest
Howell
Cornhuskers
New York Yankees Plan Sight Seeing During Spring Training
The New York Yankees will mix sightseeing with baseball during spring training this season. A 27 game schedule has been set for Miller Hyiweins athletes before starting the regular American League campaign.
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New York Yankees
New York
Miller Hyiweins
St Augustine's Opens With Alumni Quintet
St Augustine High basketball, nicknamed Fighting Trish, opens the season hosting an all star alumni quint at St John street auditorium at 8 pm. Coach Minges has not named starters yet, but Gerkin, Ford, Xunst, and Conley are expected to start. Bill Maniey referees.
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SL. Augustine High
Seve
Trish
St. John Street
Couch Minges
Gerkin Boys
Ford
Xunst
Conley
Bill Maniey
Indians Play Here Tonight at Hazel Atlas Gym
The Glassies host the World Famous Indians in a winter season showcase at the Hazel Atlas gym at o'clock. Expected starters include Posten and Gull at forwards Reddick at center with Leach Evans at guards, and notable players High Sky Light Foot Beasman Warbugle Tomahawk in the lineup.
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Maine
Ives
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Gulf
Portland
Portlland
Ghissies
Posten
Gull
Reddick
Leach
Evans
Kreenly
Basketbal
Hawl Atlas
Glassies
Iigh Sky
Beasman
Warbugle
Tomahawk
Ted Fox
Lightweight Boxer Dies After Ring Blow in Craig
In Craig Colorado on January 2 Dick Williams a lightweight boxer died in the ring during a bout with a crowd watching. The cause of death could not be determined after he collapsed at the end of the third round. Williams stood six feet tall and weighed around 130 pounds, with witnesses noting a fatal blow that left him unconscious as the count ended.
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Crazy Bull
Hix Craig
Colo
Dick Sure
Williams
Mocker
Light Poor
Crowth
Craig
Jmiark
Baseman
War’ Eagle
Tomsblow
Marka
Sport brief highlights from diverse cities and bouts
A scattered roundup of sport notes across Dallas Chicago Milwaukee New York and Kansas City. Highlights include first round golf at Brookline with a hole in one, Stribling facing Sharkey, boxing bouts with knockdowns, and college football and basketball earnings and deficits noted in various locales.
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Tex
Dexter
George
The
Brook’ S
New York
College of the City of News
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K. C. Leonard
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Jack Dillon
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Jack League
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Jack Malone
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Jack Gibbs
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Kid) Kaplan
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